Casual Water Color

#8fabd6

Casual Water is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #705429
Complementary Color #d6ba8e
Color Shade: blue cyan (216.34° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 70% (better contrasting with white)
Casual Water Color Sample
Casual Water Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8fabd6

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Casual Water Color. The Eternal Elegance color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Periwinkle Bud (#b4c4de) for more calm effect. Try Cumulus Cloud as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d6ba8e is the best complementary color to Casual Water. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8fabd6 complementary color is Straw, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Polo Blue are #8eced6 and #968ed6. Thus found on the left and right of #8fabd6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Monte Carlo and Chetwode Blue colors as they work well with Casual Water.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Casual Water palette consists of #ced68e and #d6968e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d6ba8e). Try Deco and My Pink colors in combination with #8fabd6, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #8fabd6 offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Casual Water. Thus Feijoa and Can Can giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Casual Water contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Straw, Light Orchid, and Vista Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #8fabd6 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Casual Water tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#d6ba8e) and two others. The Can Can is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vista Blue – 120° from the complementary Straw. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d68eaa and #8ed6ba.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8fabd6 is made of 27% red, 32% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Casual Water has a hue angle of 216.34°, a saturation of 46.41% and a lightness of 70%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8fabd6 is made of 27.84% cyan, 16.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black ink.

HEX #8fabd6
RGB Decimal rgb(143,171,214)
RGB Percentage 27%, 32%, 41%
CMYK 27.84, 16.86, 0, 16.08
HSL hsl(216.34,46.41%,70%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(216.34,33.18%,83.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.3415,0.5823,-24.8963)
XYZ xyz(38.0282,39.8205,69.3002)
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